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May 29, 2013
As many of you know, and perhaps many of you don’t know, behind the scenes we have about 28 million specimens and several lab spaces where we investigate the diversity of life on our planet. The...
May 22, 2013
In past blog posts I have talked about the extinction of several species of California butterflies, each of which had small, localized populations, which tend to be extremely vulnerable to even small...
May 1, 2013
If someone were to ask you if you had heard of a bird called a Booby, you might instantly think of the Blue-footed Booby (Sula nebouxii). They breed on the Galapagos Islands and are named for their...
April 26, 2013
It may seem like a basic question, but ask someone and listen to the variety of responses that you get and sometimes, a bit of confusion and uncertainty. This week I’m going to diverge from my...